Toy



Nov. 24, 1925 B. SANTANGELO TOY Filed April 12, 1922 Biaggio Santanq Patented Nov. 24, 1925.,

UNITE STi tTES BIAGGIO SANTA'NGELG, 0F NQRRI TOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial No. 551,771.

7 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Briiocro Sarrrsnosno, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Norristowu, in the county of lviontgoinery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

"his invention relates to toys and it has more IMHlllCHlfil reference to that form of toy which is essentially provided with rotary upper str cture primarily l? to amuse children and others using the same.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a toy of the nature above referred to which is adapted to operate a turntable by the travel of said toy over the ground or other appropriate surface, said turntable being in the nature of a box-like container.

Another object of this invention is to provide a wheel toy having a rotary upper structure, the same being simple in construc tion, cheap to manufacture and very entertaining in use.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View as will be more clearly apparent from the following description, this invention essentially consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully descibed and more specifically defined by the appended claims.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings constituting a part of this specification and in which like characters of reference designate the same or corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure l is a central, Vertical and longitudinal section through my novel form of wheel toy; and,

Figure 2 is an underside plan of the same.

Referring more particularly to the views and in accordance with the embodiment of my invention illustrated, I construct a boxlike underframe of wood or other appropriate material, the comprising side members 3-3 and front and end members 4, 5 respectively. Disposed longitudinally in the lower part of the aforesaid boxlike frame are spaced longitudinal braces 66 between which are transverse braces 77 and said box-like structure is appropriately mounted on front and rear wheels 8, 9 respectively. These wheels 8, 9 are securely mounted on the outer ends of transverse axles 1O 1O appropriately journaled in the aforesaid box-like frame and likewise passing through the longitudinal braces 66 aforesaid.

Appropriately mounted on or forming an integral part of the aforesaid longitudinal braces are vertical uprights or bearings 11-11 on which is securely fixed a trans verse platform 12, said platform 12 being provides at its central portion with a race or groove 13 for a purpose later on explained. Centrally longitudinal relative to the aforesaid box-like frame and appropriately journaled in the transverse braces T7 are longitudinal axles 14l1 l having secured on their outer ends square toothed gears 1516, the gears 15 being adapted to mesh into. and be driven by correspondingly shaped gears 17-17 keyed or otherwise mounted on the wheel axles 10. Transversely of the braces 6-6 and on the upper surface thereof I secure a bar 18 that constitutes the lower bearing for a vertical shaft 19, said shaft being fitted at its lower end with a gear 20 in mesh with the aforesaid gears 15 on the inner ends of the longitudinal axles 1313. This vertical shaft 18 extends upwardly through the above referred to platform 12 and also through a turntable member 21 which is provided on its underface with a race 22 in register with the aforesaid race 13 and between these races there is fitted a series of anti-friction balls 23. Secured in any appropriate manner to the upper face of the turntable member is the bottom 24 of a box-like structure 25 and it will be observed from an examination of Figure 1 more particularly, that the upper end of the aforesaid vertical shaft 19 is fitted with a washer 26 and lock nut 27 whereby provision is made for the proper adjustment of the box-like structure 23 and turntable 21 relative to the platform 12. Secured in any of the well known ways to the outside of the front 4 is a forked bearing 28, in which is hingedly mounted a tongue or draw-bar 29 whereby the toy may be propelled over the floor or other appropriate surface.

In use it will be readily apparent to those acquainted with the art that when the toy is pulled or pushed over a floor or other appropriate surface that the rotation of the axles 101O will impart rotation to the longitudinal axles l4:14c which through the gears 16 and 20 will rotate the vertical shaft 19, the latter in turn causing the turntable 21 and its box-like structure 25 to be revolved. Obviously when the wheel toy is pulled along the floor the box-like structure 25 Will be rotated to the left hand .provided a simple and cheaply manufactured and very amusing toy for the use and entertainment of children, as it will be obvious that a child may deposit a doll or other article in the box-like structure and be considerably amused by its antics as the toy is propelled.

While there has been shown and described one practical embodiment of my invention it will of course be understood that various changes may be made in the detail of construction, for instancebevel gears may be employed instead of the square toothed gears shown and described, also the shape larly defined by the appended claim.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A wheeled toy comprising a running gear structure including a rectangular frame and a pair of longitudinally extending parallel braces spaced equi-distant from; the center of the frames, a plurality of cross braces connecting said longitudinally extending braces, driving shafts carried by said cross braces, driving axles carried by said frame and said longitudinally extending braces and having geared connection with said driving shafts, a vehicle shaft having geared connection with said driving shafts, a platform supported'fromsaidframe, a turntable, said plat-form and turntable provided with ball races, and bearing balls insaid races to permit free rotation of the turntable upon the platform. 7

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature.

BIAGGIO SANTANGEL'O. 

